Scope and Contents note From the Series: Bound and unbound copies of the annual report issued to the stockholders by the directors of the Illinois Central RR. Mostly used as a yearly recap of the financial health of the company, in later years it also included publicity material such as human interest stories and photographs (from 1946 on; also, in 1953, they started publishing photographs in color). Report years vary: 1852 dated Nov. 20, 1853, Mar., Nov.10; 1854, Dec. 9; 1856, Mar. 19, Sept. 3; 1857, Mar.; 1858, Mar....